RENSSELAER — The Rensselaer Central High School Science Olympiad team competed against 40 other schools at the state competition on Saturday, March 20.
JASPER COUNTY — When a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system was built in conjunction with construction of the Jasper County Jail in 2007, few could foresee the problems it would create.
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• MUD SLUG: Willow Slough in Newton County will host a Mud Slug event on May 15, with participants paddling in a kayak for 1 mile, bicycling for another 20 miles and taking a 10-mile trail run. They will encounter a variety of terrain from sand to mud on the trail. Start time is 9 a.m. To re…
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Jasper County Councilman Gary Fritts is smiling because the solar array at the jail is in operation.
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DeMOTTE — A Rensselaer woman was taken into custody for domestic battery with a deadly weapon during an incident on March 21 in the area of 8th St. SE and Orchid St. SE in DeMotte.
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JASPER COUNTY — A Crown Point man was arrested by Jasper County Sheriff’s Office deputies for slamming into a car and a home at a residence three miles east of Wheatfield.
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WHEATFIELD — The numbers are far from pretty.
WHEATFIELD — Kankakee Valley’s girls’ track opened its new track and field complex with a triangular win over Twin Lakes and Pioneer Tuesday night.
RENSSELAER — It’s only been two days, but Rensselaer Central has enjoyed a good jumping-off point to the 2021 baseball season.
WHEATFIELD — Kankakee Valley’s girls’ track opened its new track and field complex with a triangular win over Twin Lakes and Pioneer Tuesday night.
OXFORD — Thanks to junior Austin Francis, Rensselaer Central’s baseball team was able to pick up a rare rout of Hoosier Conference foe Benton Central Monday night in the Bombers’ season opener.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Meteorological spring is here, with predictions by the Climate Prediction Center (CPC) covering March, April and May.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For thousands of years, humans have altered — often negatively and inadvertently —microbial communities in a quest to improve agricultural crops.
WEST LAFAYETTE — Frozen water is hiding beneath the dust-covered surface of Mars, and scientist Ali Bramson wants to find it.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Innovators at Purdue’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (ADDL) have used their expertise to make the on-campus testing facility one of the only labs in Indiana activ…
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A new tool using an artificial intelligence platform may help doctors better prepare patients for surgery.
Our area finally received some much needed precipitation the last few weeks, following almost a year of near-drought conditions.
Today’s youth graduate into a world with fewer boundaries and greater opportunities for interactions with people from different cultural backgrounds and perspectives than ever before.
This spring Indiana will see the emergence of the 17-year cicada, also known as Brood X.
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As a lawmaker, it is our job to write, debate and pass laws that move our country into a better future. But voting no and stopping bad legislation that violate our Constitution and harm our country is just as important.
As promised, Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed legislation that would have allowed the General Assembly to convene an “emergency session” as a check on the potential abuse of authority during a health emergency.
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